Spring 2022 (Volume 32, Number 1)

Spotlight on the 2022 CRA Abstract Awards

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BEST ABSTRACT ON SLE RESEARCH BY A TRAINEE – IAN WATSON AWARD
Sponsored by the Lupus Society of Alberta
Winner: Maher Banjari, University of Toronto
Abstract Title: Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Supervisor: Dr. Dafna Gladman

BEST ABSTRACT ON CLINICAL OR EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH BY A TRAINEE – PHIL ROSEN AWARD
Sponsored by the Arthritis Society – Phil Rosen Memorial Award
Winner: Molly Dushnicky, McMaster University
Abstract Title: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Presentation and Research Recruitment: Results from the CAPRI Registry
Supervisor: Dr. Michelle Batthish

BEST ABSTRACT BY A RHEUMATOLOGY RESIDENT
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Wen Qi, Université Laval
Abstract Title: Characteristics and Evolution of Patients with Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
Supervisor: Dr. Laëtitia Michou

BEST ABSTRACT ON BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH BY A TRAINEE
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Omar Cruz Correa, University Health Network
Abstract Title: Prediction of Psoriatic Arthritis in Patients with Psoriasis Using DNA Methylation Profiles
Supervisor: Dr. Dafna Gladman

BEST ABSTRACT BY A POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINEE
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Holly Philpott, Western University
Abstract Title: Rethinking the Role of the Synovium in Late-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis: Ultrasound Imaging and Histopathological Features of Synovial Inflammation and Damage
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Appleton

BEST ABSTRACT ON QUALITY CARE INITIATIVES IN RHEUMATOLOGY
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Michael Zeeman, University of Alberta
Abstract Title: Characterization of patients with normal inflammatory markers in giant cell arteritis
Supervisor: Dr. Alison Clifford

BEST ABSTRACT BY A MEDICAL STUDENT
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Samir Magdy Iskander, Western University
Abstract Title: JAKi inhibitors have higher long-term durability of treatment in rheumatoid arthritis compared to other bDMARDs in a real world two-center Canadian Cohort study
Supervisor: Dr. Janet Pope

BEST ABSTRACT BY AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Daniel Onwuka, University of British Columbia
Abstract Title: Diagnostic Testing in IgG4-related Disease
Supervisor: Dr. Mollie Carruthers

BEST ABSTRACT BY A RHEUMATOLOGY POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINEE
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Jennifer Lee, University of Toronto
Abstract Title: The Long-Term Cardiac Prognosis of Kawasaki Disease: Results from a Retrospective Matched Data Linkage Study
Supervisor: Drs. Brian Feldman and Jessica Widdifield

BEST ABSTRACT ON RESEARCH BY YOUNG FACULTY
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Nancy Maltez, University of Ottawa
Abstract Title: Improvement in Overall Survival, Skin Fibrosis and Lung Function with Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Systemic Sclerosis

BEST ABSTRACT ON PEDIATRIC RESEARCH BY YOUNG FACULTY
Sponsored by the CRA
Winner: Chelsea DeCoste, IWK Health Centre
Abstract Title: High Adolescent Health Needs and Relationship to Disease in Patients with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

BEST ABSTRACT ON SPONDYLOARTHRITIS RESEARCH AWARD
Sponsored by the Canadian Spondylitis Association
Winner: Vanessa Ocampo, University of Toronto
Abstract Title: Prevalence, Incidence and Predictors of Uveitis in Spondyloarthritis in a Canadian Cohort
Supervisor: Dr. Dafna Gladman